Improvement in hay-spreaders



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l Letters Patent No. 93,313, dated A August 3, 1869..

IMPROVEMENT IN vHLAY'fSIEIRIELAIDIEERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingV part of the same.

4To allwhom. 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLAM G'. KENYON, of Wakefield, 1n the county of Washington, in the- State of Rhode v Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improve ments in Hay-Tedders; and dohereby declare the following to be a full and correct description thereof, reflerence being had to the accompanying drawings, making-part of this specification, and to the letters'and numbers of reference marked thereon, similar letters and numbers being used in all the gures to denotethe same part.

In these drawings- Figui-e1 is aQtopcview of the tedder.

Figure 2 shows `a side elevation.

Figures 3 and 4 show the devices that govern the lnotionsof the teeth.

Figures. 5 and 6 show the internal arrangement of the ratchet-wheels.

Figure 7 represents one ofthe cross-pieces with friction-roll.

The improvements in hay-tedders that are herein described relate more particularly to the manner of operating the teeth, so as to cause them to enter and leave the hay or grassv properly, and to the ccnstruc tion of the ratchet-wheels and parts whereby the machine is thrown in and out of gear.

The construction is as follows: y

'lIhe driving-wheels B and C are placed on short axles or studs, secured to the sides Aof the frame D.

A shaft, A, is placed across the frame, and tnms in boxes on each side-piece of the same.

O11 each end of this shaft are small pinions o o'," which mesh into the teeth ofthe large rims r r, one of which is fastened to the spokes of each drivingwheel. l

These pinions are not fast on the shaft A, but have pawls 'u t pivoted to their sides, which pawls catch into the ratchet-wheels S S, which arc secured to the shaft so as to turn with it, but so that they may be slid endways out of gear.

On the shaft A, just inside of the frame D, are two head-plates, F 11", one on each end, in which the 'ends of the teeth-bars yny n n are held, the ends of the bars passing vthrough the plates, and having fastened to them the cross-pieces g gpg.

G G are two circular plates, placed 'justontside of the head-plates, and which are fastened to the sides of the frame D by the standards p p', which have curved slots and bolts working inthem, to hold the plates, wherever they may be set, another bolt, x, being placed on the opposite side, to help hold thc plates.

Y 0n the inner sides of these plates G are fastened circular projecting flanges w w, against which the cross pieces gig'gpress, to give them the proper position.

when the teeth e e are entering the hay; and

z z are projections, also fast to the inside of theplatc G, against which the ends of the cross-pieces strike to turn the teeth back, so as to drop the hay at the proper. time.

The teeth e e care secured to the bars a n n, sov as to turn with them.

y is a hand-lever, pivoted to the front ,cross-bar of the frame, and` extending up by the side of the seat j.

This lever is connected by the bars l Z tothe levers t t, .which are pivoted to the side-bars of the frame, and which have their back ends fitted into circular recesses inthe hubs of the ratchet-wheels S S.

Friction-rolls may be placed in the iianges w w, or in the ends of the cross-pieces g g g, to reduce the friction.

The plates G G have' rims on their outsides, project-. ing over the head-plates, to keep the hay, Ste., out of lThe cross-bars g g g, as they move around down on the front side, catch one end against the flange w, which turns them so that the teeth on lthe bars stand nearlyV directly down, so as to enter the hay, and hold them in their places until they riseagain, when the other end strikes against the projection z, which turns the bar again so that lthe teeth shall drop the hay and not carry it over the machine.

By means of the bolts in the standards p p', the plates G may be set so as to alter the time at which the teeth enter and leave the hay or grass, according to whether it be light or heavy. y

j is a seat for the driver, andy k k indicate the posi-tionl of the thills Having thus described myimprovements, What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A Thecombination of the circular platesG G, .having the angcs 'w w q, projections z z on them, with the cross-pieces g g g, and teeth-bars n n n, substantially as herein described and for "the purpose s et forth.

. WM. G. KENYON. Witnesses:

BENJAMIN ARNOLD, JAMES E. ARNOLD. 

